Wire-payout reel.



J. P. DELPHEY.

WIRE PAYOUT REEL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I6. I91 I.

Patented Dec. 12,1916.

Ft STATS JOHN PHILANDER DELPHEY, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO.

'WIEE-PAYOU'I REEL.

Application filed November 16, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN PHILANDER Dnnrrrnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire-Payout Reels, of which the following is a description.

The object of my invention is to provide, 1st, a truck wire payout reel which will be proportionally more strong, light, durable, easily constructed, inexpensive and convenient, than any other payout reel of its class, and 2nd, a truck wire payout reel where the carried load may be adjusted to the convenience of the operator.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain new and novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will hereinafter be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The term truck Wire payout reel herein indicates a wire payout reel mounted on wheels.

Figure 1, is a complete truck wire payout reel, in elevation with part of the band of the reel wheel broken out to more clearly indicate the formation and attachment of the pivot base F. The arms are also shown with part of each broken out for drafting convenience. Fig. 2, is a view of one of the unions (which connect the truck reel frame with the carrying axle) showing the union in better detail than in Fig. 1 and showing the rub-iron face of the union, location of set screws and the general relation of the whole. Fig. 3, is a perspective view, the reel pivot bridge with broken off pivot, with clamps at its ends holding broken off pieces, in dotted lines, of the supporting goose neck sill framework of the reel. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a modification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the accompanying drawings.

The union U, is a casting consisting of two sleeves, Y, and Z, attached at right angles. The outer rim of the end of the one sleeve is broadened into a flange for a rubiron of the adjacent carrying wheel. Through each sleeve are threaded holes and inserted therein are set screws S and S.

The pivot bridge F, consists of a reel pivot P, carried at the central part of the pivot bridge F, each end of which bridge is di- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. f2, 191d.

Serial No. 660,610.

vided at G, into two branches, each branch ending in an open-lipped clamp D, having holes through the lips, separated at J, and compressed by an intersecting bolt at K, also having threaded holes through the clamp D, with compression set-screws at S The inner surface of the clamp D, conforms with the outer surface of the sill E, passing through at O.

The goose neck reel sill E, is attached firmly to the truck axle A, of the reel by means of the union U. One of the arms of each goose neck sill E (usually the shorter one) passes through the hole Y, of the union U, and is securely fastened therein by the set screws S. Through the other hole Z, of the union U, passes the axle A, of the reel truck, and the union U, is held in place on the axle A, by the set screws S. Upon each extremity of the axle A, a supporting wheel W', revolves and is withheld thereon snugly up to the rub-iron surface R, of the union U, by any ordinary method and thereby also assisting in keeping the union U, in place on the axle A. The other arm or branch of the gooseneck sill E, passes through the holes 0 of the clamps D, D, at the outer part of the pivot-bridge F. After the gooseneck sill E, is inplace these clamps D, D, are securely tightened thereon by means of one or more bolts K, through these lips and further fastened in place by the set screws S S In practice I prefer, as illustrated and described that each end of the pivot bridge F, be divided at each of its outer parts as at G, into a r as indicated in Figs. 1, and 8, in the accompanying drawing, with two or more set screws 55 the r, with one or more bolts K, through their lips, for better bearing surface, although this 1 could be made more narrow and solid instead of the branching members indicated at the ends of the pivot bridge in Fig. 8. Upon the reel pivot P, shown in Fig. 3 as broken off, the reel payout wheel is carried and rotates.

One branch of each of the gooseneck reel sills E, is extended outwardly and away from the reel center (in Fig. 1, indicated as the upper branch) and is attached to the handle cross bar X, by means of the double "if" union T. In the lower part of these Ts are attached the handle supports N, which, for the purpose of convenience in anchoring the reel when in operation, I prefer to in each of the branches of llil sharpen at V. In practice I prefer to have all orifices of these unions T, threaded, and the gooseneck reel sills, the handle bar X,

the extension handles M, M, and the supports N, screwed securely therein, and the gooseneck reel sills E, E, riveted therein, as at R by a rivet passing through the inelosing portion of the union T, and the inserted part of the goose neck reel sill E.

In constructing the frame work of the reel when the longer branches of the gooseneck reel sills E, E, are uppermost it will be found convenient to fasten the unions T, in place upon the handle cross bar X, then insert the gooseneck reel sills E, E, through the holes 0, O, at the outer parts of the pivot bridgeF, screw them up tight into the unions T, but with the other ends of go'oseneck reel sills E, E, adjusted to fit into the holes Y, of the unions U, as they are, or are to be placed and located on the axle A, tighten the bolts K, through the lips of the clamps D, D, then'tig-hten the set screws 8 S after which insert the other ends of the gooseneck reel sills E, E, in the holes Y, Y, of the unions U, U, and tighten their respectiveset screws S.

If it be desired to construct the reel with the longer branches of the gooseneck reel sills E, E, fastened to the truck axle A, of

' the reel by means of the union U, and the reel pivot with its load resting on and carried by the shorter branches of the gooseneckreel sills E, E, the process of construc tion is similarto the method last above described, but the longer branches are first put through the holes Y, of the unions U, U, and the ends fastened in the unions T, after which the shorter branches are inserted in the pivot bridge F, through the holes 0, O, and the bolts K, and set screws S and S then tightened.

It will be noticed that the center of gravity of the carried reel load can be quickly shifted over the axle A, in front of or behind it, for convenience of the operator, by loosening the bolts K, and the set screws S in the lipped clamps D, D, at the ends of the pivot bridge F, and moving the load forward or backward as desired, and then retig-htening the bolts K, and set screws S as before. Likewise the set screws S, in the union U, may be loosened and the load moved forward or backward as desired, and then the set screws S, retightened. It will Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the be noticed that the shorter branches of the gooseneck reel sills E, E, may be considerably lengthened over their proportional length indicated in Fig. 1, if desired.

Other details of construction, and the means of operation of this improvement in wire payout reels are .obvious from the drawing made a part hereof. Still other changes may be made in the various mechanical devices, in form, in proportion and details of construction which will be within the scope of this invention without departing from its spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof in any respect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;-

1. In a wire payout reel truck, in combination with an axle and wheels journaled on the end portions of the axle, a pair of goosenecked sills mounted and secured on and to the axle, the sills pendant forward and rearward transversely to the axle, a handle bar cross-connecting the sills and legs pendant to the handle bar.

2. n a wire payout reel carrier, in combination with an axle and wheels journaled on the end portions of the axle and means to support a reel on the axle, comprising a pair of goosenecked sills adjustably mounted on and secured to the axle, a handle bar cross-connecting the sills, legs pendant from the handle bar, and a bridge member having its end portions secured each to one of the sills, said bridge having centrally thereof a vertically disposed journal adapted for rotatably mounting the hub of a reel.

3. A wire payout reel carrier, consisting of a pivot bridge with reel pivot on its central part, the ends of the pivot bridge terminating in open lipped clamps with compressing bolts and set screws therein and carried by and clamped to the intermediate part of two goosenecked sills, one end of each sill fastened into a handle cross-bar and the other end adjust-ably, transversely fastened to a reel truck axle, supports attached to the handle bar, and wheels mounted on its opposite ends of the reel truck axle.

JOHN PHILANDER DELPHEY.

Witnesses:

HERBERT CHARLES HAsxINs, FREDERICK CHARLES SoHooL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington; D. 0. 

